Kunal Ramraj Dahiya
B&W Photo Narrative
Emotions and feelings
play a very important role
in our day to day lives. These emotions are
so powerful that sometimes they shape out
the entire characteristic of an individual.
This black and white series depicting
the relation of Humans with Emotions
were shot in Orissa, India as a part of
a tribal culture documentation project,
throughout the first half of 2017.
Immortal Confidence
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Human with Emotion : Amar Singh (literal translation: The Immortal)
Amar Baba was a wizard with the painting brush as his magic stick.
He was one of the most positive persons I have encountered on this journey
and his passion and profession was rooted in the Indian Movies.
He has been working with Bollywood style Art for around 50 years
and has profound knowledge of 100 years in Bollywood History.
Amar Baba is a remarkably enthusiast artist and a very humble human being.
To him even if he is 67 years old and knows that he has to die one day,
his art will live on to be immortal, just like his name.
HAPPINESS
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Human with emotion : Munniya Devi
On one of my photo-walks through a village Gridh in Orissa,
I met Munniya Devi. Because of the poor economical structure
of her family, being able to afford anything other than basic food,
is a luxury. But she wanted to surprise her children with a nice meal.
So she worked hard for 2 days to earn the money. When I came
by her, she was radiating happiness over this small achievement.
She had prepared a meal with chicken and sweets on the menu
and eagerly waiting for her children to get back, for whom
a meal like this would be an amazing source of happiness.
After this encounter I realised, happiness does not depend on what
you have or who you are, but it solely relies on what you think.
ARROGANCE
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Human with emotion : Jaibeer Singh
In a conversation with Jaibeer Singh, he confessed to have been
very arrogant throughout his life. The hunger for power and the urge
of controlling people drove him to a wrong profession early in his ife.
He got into the business of supplying guns to the guerrilla forces in
the jungles of Jharkhand and Orissa and enjoyed doing it for years.
But then he got caught and jailed for 5 years. One of his 5 daughters
also tried to commit suicide and everything was at its lowest in his life.
Thats when he had an intense change in his mind and he decided
to leave the anti social life and come back to the civilized society.
He had been living a peaceful life with his daughters since then.
WAIT
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Human with emotion: Pyari Devi
A human stuck in time, a woman stuck in love, Pyari Devi was a lone soul.
She was incapable of having children, and bound by social responsibilities
her husband had to leave her and remarry somewhere else and
now he had a family with a wife and 5 children. Pyari Devi believes
that he still loves her and he must not be able to come to her because
he must be stuck with all his responsibilities. She says that she can
constantly feel the love they have for each other and she knows
one day he will definitely come back to see her.
Loneliness
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Human with emotion: Ram Dulari
I got married at the age of 17 and started my married life happily. After that, over a period I had 4 children.I lost all my children when there was mass disease spread all over in our village in past years. In my daily life mostly I am busy in my household activities, my husbands work in a brick-making company for the living and mostly he is busy over there only. Sometimes I feel so lonely that I start talking to walls only. after so long I talked to someone for so long and I am feeling so good. We had a long three hours conversation. I always wonder how God made us, how can tears and happiness belong to the same string of time.
SIMPLICITY
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Human with emotion : Saadhu Singh
Sometimes my own friends makes fun of mine for being a home maker. I personaly love to cook food for my wife and children, and I mange all the house while my wife sells vegetable in the market.
MODESTY
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लज्जा - The TRUE JEWEL
Human with emotion: - Pyari Devi
To look beautiful in your life , you do not need to have
expensive jewellery in your life. They can help you to look beautiful
only from the outside. I met this lovely and beautiful lady in Orisa.
INNOCENCE
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Human with emotion: Baahubali Maahto
